This Thursday 5/6/2025 we have the pleasure to be hosting Professor Karla Cedano from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, who is going to present us the impressive work they do at UNAM on solar/renewable energy, as well as share with us the highlights of her research in energy poverty. Her lecture will take place at 14:00-15:00 in Lecture Theatre 2, Hudson Beare Building in the King’s Buildings Campus.

Community engagement has been an approach that our research group at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) has committed to in a quest to better understand energy poverty. Gradually, we have moved from data driven approaches to more contextual and cultural based ones. This conversation will present our findings, challenges and most importantly the lessons we hope to learn.

I will also take this opportunity to present my institute's work on renewables, specifically focusing on solar energy systems.

Short Biography
Prof Dr. Karla Graciela Cedano Villavicencio is Head of the Innovation and Futures Lab and Strategic Innovation Department at Instituto de Energías Renovables Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico. She has a Doctorate in Engineering and Applied Sciences and her research focuses on social demand of energy, sustainability and innovation, and gender and energy. She is member of the Academia de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades del Estado de Morelos, the International Women’s Forum and Voz Experta.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8102-7226
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karla_Cedano
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?user=fHlNNlUAAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karla-cedano-650aa514/

Tickets: https://energy-poverty-why-words-matter.eventbrite.co.uk